fermentables

A lot has been going on lately... a beautiful wedding (congrats L & J!)...June birthday parties...and fermentation parties!  Yup, you read right...fermentation parties!  This past weekend we attended our first fermentation club meeting down in RI - our rhody friends started this club just recently and we happily joined as the "vermont branch".  Needless to say I am pretty excited about our club membership...gives me the excuse I have been looking for to make a gallon of kimchee, fermented sodas, sour kraut, and all other sorts of fermented goodies.  The gist is that at the meeting someone demonstrates some sort of fermentation technique and then all those that attend go and try it out at home...then bring their fermentables to the next meeting.  At this club meeting Aaron briefed the entendees on the art of sour dough bread...which is a probably a bit hard to cover in an hour but he gave it a shot...and I shared some of my fermented rhubarb soda.  We snacked on fried fish, fermented carrots, lemons & snap peas, cheeses, fresh greens and more....and as always it was delicious.

fermented lemons...yum

baby in constant motion

bubble wand

newest member of the pack - barley

chasing bubbles

serious discussions

aaron and his starter

Here is the recipe for the fermented rhubarb soda - it is so easy a mama with 2 kids can do it!  And it is so good and good for you...hardly any sugar (most is eaten by all the yeast) and full of probiotics!  Oh and Isabelle loves it....WIN.

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sorry about all these blurry images...I either need to use a flash, get some expensive lens...or maybe re learn how to use an SLR...

all on my list of things to do.